Acute hemodynamic responses to yoga exercise

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Acute hemodynamic responses to yoga exercise

dc.contributor.advisor	Tanaka, Hirofumi, Ph. D.
dc.creator	Miles, Steven Charles, 1980-
dc.date.accessioned	2010-12-22T22:08:04Z
dc.date.accessioned	2010-12-22T22:08:09Z
dc.date.available	2010-12-22T22:08:04Z
dc.date.available	2010-12-22T22:08:09Z
dc.date.created	2010-08
dc.date.issued	2010-12-22
dc.date.submitted	August 2010
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-08-1926
dc.description.abstract	The primary purpose of the present study was to determine the acute hemodynamic responses to twenty-three select yoga postures in advanced and novice yoga practitioners. Additionally, we sought to determine if trunk flexibility is related to arterial stiffness. Using a cross-sectional study design, 37 apparently healthy adults (26 females and 11 males; 22-71 years old) were divided into two groups according to level of yoga experience. Beat-to-beat measures of blood pressure, stroke volume, cardiac work-load, cardiac output, and total peripheral resistance were measured using a finger plethysmograph during the yoga routine. Baseline measures of trunk flexibility (sit-and-reach scores and inclinometer measurements) and arterial stiffness (carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity) were also compared. Yoga postures elicited significant increases in heart rate, blood pressure and cardiac output (P<0.05) for both groups. There was no difference in blood pressure responses between the two groups throughout the yoga testing session. Lumbar flexion, as measured by an inclinometer, was significantly (P<0.01) and inversely associated with cfPWV (r=-0.52).
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.subject	Yoga
dc.subject	Exercise
dc.subject	Blood pressure
dc.subject	Trunk flexibility
dc.subject	Arterial stiffness
dc.title	Acute hemodynamic responses to yoga exercise
dc.date.updated	2010-12-22T22:08:09Z
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Farrar, Roger P.
dc.description.department	Kinesiology and Health Education
dc.type.genre	thesis
dc.type.material	text
thesis.degree.department	Kinesiology and Health Education
thesis.degree.discipline	Kinesiology
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Texas at Austin
thesis.degree.level	Masters
thesis.degree.name	Master of Arts